Asset Protection

Experts in sanctions law and asset protection

Our team brings together lawyers with experience in protecting and preserving assets in Russia and abroad, including property restructuring, litigation support, and debt collection in any jurisdiction.

The practice advises clients on corporate disputes, asset recovery, transaction challenges, interim measures, challenging international sanctions, unfreezing of foreign assets, and inheritance matters.

Our experience working with cross-border structures and regulatory authorities allows us to offer effective solutions for capital protection and risk mitigation in complex international projects.

The team and its members have been individually recognized by the Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 international rankings among the top lawyers in dispute resolution and arbitration. They have also been repeatedly recommended by Pravo-300 and Kommersant rankings in the categories of Sanctions Law, Private Equity, International Commercial Arbitration, International Dispute Resolution, and Cross-Border Litigation.

Our expertise covers:

Analysis of asset ownership structures for vulnerabilities across all jurisdictions
Challenging international sanctions
Restructuring asset ownership to mitigate risks
Litigation in any jurisdiction
Debt collection in Russia and abroad
Asset recovery, seizures, and interim measures
Beneficial owners’ subsidiary (secondary) liability
Bankruptcy and liquidation of companies in any jurisdiction
Unfreezing of foreign assets (securities, income, and other assets)
Inheritance

Our team experience includes advising:

an international brokerage and investment company on filing an application with the Belgian Treasury to obtain a license to release assets blocked by EU sanctions;

confidential clients in relation to obtaining licenses and permits to conduct various operations for individuals under European, UK, etc. personal sanctions;

high-net-worth private banking clients in connection with filing applications to release assets in Luxembourg and Belgium;

a high-net-worth client in the process of unlocking and protecting the assets of his investment company in Guernsey, and obtaining regulatory licenses in several jurisdictions required for the successful transfer of assets;

a major banking group on matters related to the disposal of foreign securities under sanctions;

a Russian legal entity in a dispute over the exercise of voting rights by a sanctioned entity in a European company, including obtaining interim measures from a Dutch court obliging the company to accept the sanctioned entity’s votes on certain agenda items; and

a major company in a corporate dispute in Latvia against a counterparty seeking to gain control over a joint venture due to the client's status as a subject to European sanctions.